And tell him it's quite true that the best of the philosophers are of no use to their fellows; but that he should blame, not the philosophers, but those who fail to make use of them.

I shall assume that your silence gives consent.

Don't force your children into your ways, for they were created for a time different from your own.

They would be subject to no one, neither to lawful ruler nor to the reign of law, but would be altogether and absolutely free. That is the way they got their tyrants, for either servitude or freedom, when it goes to extremes, is an utter bane, while either in due measure is altogether a boon.

The only real ill-doing is the deprivation of knowledge.

Lord of Lords, grant us the good whether we pray for it or not, but evil keep from us, even though we pray for it.

Man is a two-legged animal without feathers.